lindseyandlou
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Michigan
I am posting on behalf of my sister.
She recently borrowed two kayaks from a close friend of mine. When she came to pick them up from my house, the owner of the kayaks happened to be here. He strapped the kayaks to her car and everybody went on their way. About an hour later, I received a call saying that the kayaks flew off of the back of the car. Thankfully no one was hurt, but there was damage to another car. Once a police report was filed, the cop took them back on the expressway to retrieve the kayaks and they were nowhere to be found.
My sister knows she has some responsibility to repay him for the kayaks, but she also feels that since he did strap them down and give them the okay to go, that she isn't responsible in full. She also can't afford to pay over $1k out of pocket at once.
Anyway, he is threatening to call the cops now and she isn't sure what to do.
I'm not looking for the morally correct thing to do, but as far as the legal aspect of this goes, if he were to take her to small claims court, does anyone have any insight as to how this would end? Thanks so much!!
I am posting on behalf of my sister.
She recently borrowed two kayaks from a close friend of mine. When she came to pick them up from my house, the owner of the kayaks happened to be here. He strapped the kayaks to her car and everybody went on their way. About an hour later, I received a call saying that the kayaks flew off of the back of the car. Thankfully no one was hurt, but there was damage to another car. Once a police report was filed, the cop took them back on the expressway to retrieve the kayaks and they were nowhere to be found.
My sister knows she has some responsibility to repay him for the kayaks, but she also feels that since he did strap them down and give them the okay to go, that she isn't responsible in full. She also can't afford to pay over $1k out of pocket at once.
Anyway, he is threatening to call the cops now and she isn't sure what to do.
I'm not looking for the morally correct thing to do, but as far as the legal aspect of this goes, if he were to take her to small claims court, does anyone have any insight as to how this would end? Thanks so much!!
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